draw blood

Example Sentences

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Next, she tied a tourniquet on his arm, picked up a needle, swiped his inner elbow with alcohol, and started to draw blood.

From Literature

Ma’s eyes are sharp enough to draw blood.

From Literature

Olusanya spent about 30 minutes preparing for the 3 p.m. appointment, assembling equipment to draw blood, collect a urine sample and check the patient’s vitals and glucose levels.

From Los Angeles Times

Every other day, I went back to the fertility clinic so the staff could monitor my vitals and draw blood.

From Slate

Lucy Liu’s 9-year-old son, Rockwell, hasn’t seen his mother draw blood in “Charlie’s Angels” or “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” and certainly not in “Kill Bill, Vol. 1.”

From New York Times